Dear Guru Mahārāja,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate jayapatāka svāmin iti nāmine
nama ācaryapādāya nitāi-kṛpā-pradāyine
gaura-kathā-dhāma-dāya nagara-grāma-tāriṇe
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.
O Gurudeva, You have so kindly accepted me & given the Holy Name for which I am disqualified.
I am especially grateful as you have taught us so many things in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, from your Spiritual retreats around Sydney that I have had the pleasure of being part of.
You teach us Simple yet the most practical things, that we have forgotten over time but your loving smile has embedded it now in my mind and heart.
On this occasion I would like to express my gratitude to You & humbly beg for Your mercy so that I can learn to serve the Vaiṣṇavas.
All glories to Śrīla Gurudeva.
All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Hare Krsna, Mahārāja.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Your Divine Self on this most blessed event of your 73rd Vyāsa-pūjā Celebration.
I am most grateful for this wonderful opportunity to offer you some attempt of mine to glorify you...
Your surrender to the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda is amazing! You have set a precedent for generations to come of how to take the instructions of the spiritual master as one's life and soul. Indeed, looking at your life in Krsna consciousness, all I can find is several instances of your complete and utter dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda - from the first time you met the devotees and began assisting to build the Ratha-Yātrā cart, until your recent incredible successful completion of the Bhakti-vaibhava degree with the Māyāpur Insitute. Truly amazing.
I want you to know that we are watching and we are amazed. We are amazed at what IS actually possible if one applies oneself to fulfilling the orders of the spiritual master as one's goal in life. And we are grateful. We are very grateful to have you in our midst, teaching us by your glorious example.
You are a glorious disciple of a glorious spiritual master.
We offer our koṭi koṭi Daṇḍavat praṇāmas at your lotus feet and beg for just a drop of your mercy.
On this sacred day, we petition Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava, Śrī Śrī Prahlāda-Nṛsiṁhadeva, Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Baladeva Subhadrā, Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva to bless and protect you so that you can continue to be a tremendous source of inspiration to hundreds of thousands of aspiring Vaiṣṇavas like me.
All glories unto you! All glories unto you! Al glories unto you!
Your servants,
Caitanya Caraṇa Dāsa,
Sumalini Lalitā Devī Dasī (JPS),
Bhaktin Jagannātha Priya and Bhakta Rādhānath